GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN SIGN NEW PACT BARRING A SEPARATE
PEACE WITH THE UNITED STATES OR GREAT BRITAIN

December 11, 1941

[New York Times, December 12, 1941.]

ARTICLE I

Italy, Germany and Japan will henceforth conduct in common and jointly
a war which has been imposed on them by the United States of America and
England, by all means at their disposal and until the end of hostilities.

ARTICLE II

Italy, Germany and Japan undertake each for himself that none of the
parties to the present accord will conclude either armistice or peace,
be it with the United States or with England without complete and reciprocal
agreement [of the three signatories to this pact].

ARTICLE III

Italy, Germany and Japan, even after the victorious conclusion of this
war, will collaborate closely in the spirit of the Tripartite Pact, concluded
Sept. 21, 1940, in order to realize and establish an equitable new order
in the world.

ARTICLE IV

The present accord is effective immediately on its signature and remains
in force for the duration of the Tripartite Pact, signed Sept. 21, 1940.
The high contracting parties of this accord will at an opportune moment
agree among themselves the means of implementing Article III above of this
accord.